“Shout with joy to God, all the earth! Sing the glory of his name; make his praise glorious!”
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Michael Schuck Professor Department of Theology Institute of Environmental Sustainability Loyola University Chicago Responsible Joy, Genuine Praise Everything Is Connected: Reflections on "Home" 5th Anniversary of Laudato Sí May 21, 2020
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Michael SchuckProfessorDepartment of TheologyInstitute of Environmental SustainabilityLoyola University Chicago
Responsible Joy, Genuine Praise
Everything Is Connected: Reflections on "Home" 5th Anniversary of Laudato SíMay 21, 2020
Depth, Universality, and Learned Ministry: Challenges to Jesuit Higher Education Today
Remarks at the meeting of Jesuit University Presidents, Mexico City, April 23, 2010
“My hope . . . is that we can move . . . to the establishment of operational consortia among our universities . . . [among these] a consortium focused on our shared concerns about global environmental degradation which affects more directly and painfully the lives of the poor, with a view to enabling a more sustainable future for our world.”
Laudato Sí is the 296th Encyclical since Pope Benedict XIV recovered this form of papal communication in 1740.
Laudato Sí is the first encyclical to offer a sustained reflection on our relationship to the natural world and with that, a fresh appraisal of our relationship with ourselves, each other, and God.
The closest any previous encyclicals got to this topic were two commemorating St. Francis.
Auspicato Concessum Leo XIII 18827th centenary of St. Francis’ birth
Rite Expiatris Pius XI 1926 7th centenary of St. Francis’ death
Joy Praise
Evangelii Gaudium 2013
Laudato Sí 2015
The Joy of JesusMorning meditation, Tuesday,
December 3, 2013
The Prayer of PraiseMorning meditation, Tuesday,
January 28, 2014
Joy Praise
“Laudato sí, mi’ Signore” 1
“Other living beings have a value of their own In God’s eyes: by their
mere existence they blesshim and give him glory” 69
But how genuine is our praise if “thousands of species will no longer
give glory to God by their very existence” because of our actions? 33
“The world is a joyful mystery” 12
But how responsible is our joy if our actions make “the earth, our home . . . look more and more like an immense
pile of filth”? 21
“we must reject [the idea] that our being created in God’s image justifies
absolute domination over other creatures; [there is] a relationship of
mutual responsibility between human beings and nature.” 67
The Spirit of Pope Francis . . .
Seventh Sunday of Easter, May 24, 2020
Responsorial Psalm Verse 4 of Psalm 27: One thing I ask of the Lord; this I seek: to
Dwell in the house of the Lord all the
days of my life, that I may gaze on the
loveliness of the Lord and contemplate his
temple.
Gospel ReadingJohn 17:1-11
I glorified you on earth by accomplishing the work that you gave
me to do . . . I havebeen glorified in them.
And now I will no longer be in
the world, but they are in the world.
Joy,with responsibility
to nature
Praise,with
all of nature
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Michael SchuckProfessorDepartment of TheologyInstitute of Environmental SustainabilityLoyola University Chicago
Responsible Joy, Genuine Praise
Everything Is Connected: Reflections on "Home" 5th Anniversary of Laudato SíMay 21, 2020
